PhD Theses

[1] Mohammadreza Mosahebfard, "Resource Management in Sliced Converged Optical-Wireless 6G Networks: From Strategic Dimensioning to Dynamic Service Provisioning", 29/May/2026, Advisors: Christos Verikoukis, John Vardakas, Tutor: Jordi Perez Romero | Full Document

[2] Vaishnavi Kasuluru, "AI-Driven Network Service Management for Efficient and Sustainable Open-RAN Systems in 6G and Beyond", 15/May/2026, Advisors: Luis Blanco Botana, Engin Zeydan, Tutor: Anna Umbert Juliana

[3] Berend Jelmer Dirk Gort, "AI-Driven Zero-Touch Orchestration of Edge-Cloud Services", 24/April/2026, Advisors: Angelos Antonopoulos, Anna Umbert Juliana | Full Document

[4] Martín Trullenque Ortiz, "A cross-layer perspective on radio resource management and user quality of experience in V2X-enabled 5G networks", 15/December/2025, Advisors: Oriol Sallent Roig, Daniel Camps Mur | Full Document

[5] Swastika Roy, "Beyond XAI for Trustworthy Federated Learning in 6G Zero-Touch Network Slicing", 16/December/2024, Advisors: Hatim Chergui, Christos Verikoukis,Tutor: Anna Umbert Juliana | Full Document

[6]Juan Jesús Hernández Carlón, "Proposal and Evaluation of Connectivity Solutions for Beyond 5G Radio Access Networks", 18/September/2024, Advisors: Jordi Pérez-Romero, Oriol Sallent | Full Document

[7]Seyedeh Soheila Shaabanzadeh, "Contribution to the Development of Wi-Fi Networks through Machine Learning based Prediction and Classification Techniques", 22/July/2024, Advisor: Juan Sánchez-González | Full Document

[8]Irene Vilà Muñoz, "Contribution to the modelling and evaluation of radio network slicing solutions in 5G", 6/April/2022, Advisors: Anna Umbert Juliana and Oriol Sallent Roig | Full Document

[9] Haider Daami Resin Albonda,"Radio Resource Management for V2X in Cellular Systems", 21/July/2020, Advisor: Jordi Perez-Romero |Full Document

[10] Samael Sarmiento Hernández,"Design and optimization of metro-access networks supporting 5G services.", 26/03/2020., Advisors: J.A. Lázaro Villa; S. Spadaro Premio Extraordinario de Doctorado UPC 2022 | Full Document

[11] Jose Antonio Altabas Navarro, "Directly Phase Modulated Transmitters and Coherent Receivers for Future Passive Optical Networks (PON).", 24/01/2020, Advisors: J.A. Lázaro Villa, J.I. Garcés Gregorio| Full Document

[12] Panagiotis Trakas,"Traffic Offloading in Future Heterogeneous Mobile Networks", 31/May/2019, Advisors: Ferran Adelantado, Christos Verikoukis, Tutor: Jordi Pérez-Romero |Full Document

[13] Jesús Fabián Mendoza Montoya,"Satellite integration in 5G: contribution on network architectures and traffic engineering solutions for hybrid satellite-terrestrial mobile backhauling", 24/April/2019, Advisor: Ramon Ferrús |Full Document

[14] Aikaterini Koutlia,"Radio Resource Management Strategies for Interference Mitigation in 4G Heterogeneus Wireless Networks", 18/May/2016, Advisor: Ramon Agusti, Jordi Perez-Romero |Full Document

[15]Alessandro Raschellà,"Cognitive Management Frameworks and Spectrum Management Strategies Exploiting Cognitive Radio Paradigm", 27/May/2015, Advisor: Oriol Sallent, Anna Umbert | Full Document

[16] Leonardo Fabio Yepes Arbeláez, "Inter-Cell Interference Management via Coordinated Multi-Point Transmission-Reception (CoMP) associated with the LTE-Advanced Systems", 01/Dec/2014, Advisor: Dr. David H. Covarrubias Rosales, Ramon Ferrús | Full Document

[17] Sotiria Chatzi, "Optimization of emerging extended FTTH WDM/TDM PONs and financial overall assessment.", 26/11/2013, Advisors: J.A. Lázaro Villa, I. Tomkos | Full Document

[18] Eduardo Tommy Lopez Pastor, "WDM/TDM PON bidirectional networks single-fiber/wavelength RSOA-based ONUs layer 1/2 optimization." , 12/09/2013, Advisors: J.A. Lázaro Villa; J. Prat | Full Document

[19] Faouzi Bouali,"Contribution to Spectrum Management in Cognitive Radio Networks: A Cognitive Management Framework", 26/Jul/2013, Advisor: Oriol Sallent | Full Document

[20]Liliana Bolea,"Context Discovery in Cognitive Radio Networks", 12/Jul/2013, Advisor: Ramon Agusti, Jordi Perez-Romero | Full Document

[21] Francisco Novillo,"Proposal and evaluation of channel assignment algorithms for woireless local area networks with opportunistic spectrum access capabilitiies", 12/Jul/2013, Advisor: Ramon Ferrús | Full Document

[22] Miguel López Benítez,"Spectrum Usage Models for the analisys,design and simulations of Cognitive Radio Networks", 20/Jul/2011, Advisor: Ferran Casadevall | Full Document

[23] Emanuel Bezerra Rodrigues,"Adaptive Radio Resource Management for OFDMA-Based Macro and Femtocell Networks", 06/Jul/2011, Advisor: Ferran Casadevall | Full Document

[24] Bernhard Schrenk, " Characterization and design of multifunction photonic devices for next-generation fiber-to-the-home optical network units." , 28/04/2011, Advisors: J.A. Lázaro Villa; J. Prat | Full Document

[25] Hiram Galeana Zapien,"Contribution to Resource Management in Cellular Access Networks with Limited Backhaul Capacity", 25/Feb/2011, Advisor: Ramon Ferrus | Full Document

[26] Jakub Majkowski,"Radio Resource and Mobility Management Issues in the Framework of WLAN 802.11 Networks", 16/Dec/2010, Advisor: Ferran Casadevall

[27] Nemanja Vučević,"Contribution to Dynamic Resource Management in Future Wireless Networks by means of Reinforcement Learning", 14/Dec/2010, Advisor: Jordi Perez-Romero

[28] Mireia Esther Omella Cancer, "New generation FTTH ONU and OLT design for upstream transmission in WDM PON including optimized combination of electronics and optics.", 18/10/2010, Advisors: J.A. Lázaro Villa; J. Prat | F ull Document

[29] Xavier Gelabert,"Contribution to Radio Resource and Spectrum Management in Wireless Access Networks: A Markov Modelling Approach" , 12/Jul/2010, Advisor: Oriol Sallent | Full Document

[30] Francisco Bernardo,"Contribution to Dynamic Spectrum Assignment in Multicell OFDMA Networks: A self-organization and machine learning approach", 01/Jun/2010, Advisor: Ramon Agusti | Full Document

[31] Vuk Marojevic,"Computing Resource Management in Software-Defined and Cognitive Radios", 26/Nov/2009, Advisor: Antoni Gelonch | Full Document

[32] Lukasz Budzisz, "Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP), A Proposal for Seamless Handover Management at the Transport Layer in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks", 26/Jul/2009, Advisor: Ferran Casadevall, Ramon Ferrus

[33] Nuria García,"Radio Resource Management Strategies based on Hopfield Neural Networks", 25/May/2009, Advisor: Jordi Pérez-Romero, Ramon Agustí | Full Document

[34] Juan Sánchez González,"Proposal and evaluation of Radio Resource Management strategies in order to guarantee Quality of Service in WCDMA cellular systems", 14/Dec/2007, Advisor: Jordi Perez-Romero, Oriol Sallent

[35] Lorenza Giupponi,"Contribution on joint radio resource management in beyond 3G networks", 07/May/2007, Advisor: Ramon Agusti

[36] Ferran Adelantado,"Study of WCDMA Cellular Systems with Non-Homogeneous Traffic Distributions", 01/Feb/2007, Advisor: Jordi Perez-Romero, Oriol Sallent

[37] Ramón Marco Gómez, "Contribución al diseño y a la implementación de nuevas plataformas de Comercio Electrónico en el sector Marítimo-Portuario", 02/Oct/2006, Advisor: Pilar Díaz

[38] Angela Hernández Solana,"Analisis y Diseño de Algoritmos de Gestion de Recursos y de Técnicas de Control de Admisión para Sistemas de Comunicaciones Móviles basados en Transmisión por Paquetes",14/Oct/2005, Advisor: Ferran Casadevall

[39] Anna Umbert Juliana, "Contribución al diseño de la arquitectura de red para la integración de servicios de paquetes de datos en el sistema UMTS", 01/Oct/2004, Advisor: Pilar Díaz | Full Document

[40] Josep Bada Coma, "Evaluación de técnicas de Gestión de Recursos Radio orientadas a optimizar la calidad de servicio en el sistema GPRS", 01/Oct/2002, Advisor: Ferran Casadevall

[41] Juan Gabriel Rendón Scheider,"Evaluación de las prestaciones de los protocolos de internet en ambientes móviles celulares", 01/Oct/2001, Advisor: Ferran Casadevall

[42] Luis Alonso Zárate, "Técnicas de Acceso y gestión de Recursos para garantizar Calidad de Servicio en Sistemas de Comunicaciones Móviles basados en CDMA", 01/May/2001, Advisor: Ramon Agusti | Full Document

[43] Jordi Pérez-Romero, "Contribución al Estudio de las Técnicas de Acceso Aleatorio y al Análisis de la Calidad de Servicio en Sistemas de Transmisión por Paquetes para Comunicaciones Móviles", 23/Apr/2001 , Advisor: Ramon Agusti | Full Document

[44] Ramón Ferrús Ferré, "Contribución a la caracterización de los mecanismos de acceso y traspaso en sistemas celulares basados en transmisión de paquetes", 03/Jan/2000, Advisor: Pilar Díaz | Full Document

[45] Oriol Sallent Roig, "Estrategias de control de acceso basadas en CDMA para la transmisión de paquetes en comunicaciones móviles", 01/Dec/1997, Advisor: Ramon Agusti

[46] Antoni Gelonch Bosch, "Emulación en Tiempo Real de Canales Móviles en Banda Ancha. Aplicación al Análisis de Técnicas de Igualación en Modulaciones TCM", 03/Mar/1997, Advisor: Ramon Agusti

[47] Jose Luis Valenzuela González, "Evaluación de técnicas avanzadas de igualación de canal en entornos de comunicaciones móviles", 14/Oct/1994, Advisor: Ferran Casadevall [32] Antonio Valdovinos, "Comunicaciones móviles personales: caracterización del canal y estudio de técnicas de transmisión", 07/Oct/1994, Advisor: Ferran Casadevall

[48] Pilar Díaz Romero, "Técnicas de Acceso Múltiple "CDMA" en sistemas de comunicaciones móviles. Aplicación a un entorno de interiores", 04/Feb/1994, Advisor: Ramon Agusti

[49] Guillem Femenias Nadal,"Comportamiento conjunto de técnicas TCM y sistemas de diversidad en el ámbito de las comunicaciones móviles", 03/Sep/1991, Advisor: Ramon Agusti

[50] Juan Jose Olmos Bonafé, "Comportamiento conjunto de recuperadores de portadora e igualadores adaptativos en banda base en Radioenlaces digitales de gran capacidad afectados por desvanecimientos selectivos", 13/Oct/1987, Advisor: Ramon Agusti